BEIJING, China, Jun 27 — President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that Beijing and Hanoi will embrace new opportunities in expanding their cooperation in areas such as trade and the economy, as well as interconnectivity and the digital economy, as…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 27 – Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’Oei has urged Kenyans to embrace peace and halt demonstrations after President William Ruto declined to sign the Finance Bill 2024. In a statement on his X account, Korir urged…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 27 – A contingent of heavily armed security agents have been deployed around Parliament buildings and its environs ahead of Thursday’s planned protests by demonstrators who have threatened to march to State House. A spot check by…
Newlyweds Davido Adeleke and Chioma Avril Rowland have left Nigeria a day after their wedding. The two are believed to have jetted to their honeymoon destination. The couple threw down a traditional wedding ceremony on Tuesday, June 25th at the…
Netizens this morning have woken up to shocking posts from a few X bigwigs and activists who’ve been at the forefront of leading the Reject Finance Bill protests. Most of the big Twitter bigwigs are asking people to stand down…
President William Ruto and the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken had a phone conversation on Wednesday. The two held talks after Ruto bowed to pressure from Kenyans to drop the Finance Bill, 2024. The department said Blinken lauded…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 27 – Kapseret Member of Parliament Oscar Sudi has suspended all development activities in his constituency following the vandalism of his Eldoret-based Timber XO nightclub. Sudi, who accused his unnamed political competitors of the destruction, asserted that…
Oscar Gakuo Mwangi, University of Rwanda When Kenya’s President William Ruto nominated a new national intelligence chief in May 2023, he broke with tradition. The president picked a career intelligence officer, Noordin Haji. Since 1999, the country’s spy chiefs have…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 27 – Trade and Public service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has blasted Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over his attack on National Intelligence Service Boss Noordin Haji whom he said misinformed President William Ruto over the Finance Bill…
Anti-riot police blocked roads near and around State House in Nairobi in efforts to stop anti-finance bill protesters. The police turned away some motorists and pedestrians using the roads. This was in reaction to calls on more on Thursday to…